Thirteen Georgian wine companies have made quite an impression at the leading industry event for wine and spirits professionals in the Asia-Pacific, Vinexpo Hong Kong, which was held on May 29-31. The three-day show featured meetings, new products and networking opportunities for importers, distributors, producers, sommeliers and merchants from around the world, including Georgia. As…
Tbilisi City Hall is launching a project of a gradual replacement of Soviet time residential flats, the so-called “khrushchovkas” in Tbilisi. Khrushchovka flats were built in the Soviet Union, in the early 1960s during the time of the leadership of their namesake Nikita Khrushchev. There are about 700 khrushchovka buildings in Tbilisi whose lifespan expired…
Georgia’s air navigation service provider Sakaeronavigatsia is marking its 25th anniversary by opening a new air traffic control (ATC) office and a training center at Tbilisi International Airport, equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili congratulated Sakaeronavigatsia officials and said this was another step forward to increase flight safety and to develop the…
The Government of Georgia, the German government-owned development bank KFW and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a declaration on launching reforms for developing the energy market in Georgia and improve energy efficiency in the country. As Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated at the government meeting, the development of the country’s energy field…
A new Georgian factory that will produce civil aircraft parts for Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier passenger planes opened in the capital city of Tbilisi on May 10. The construction of the high-tech and modern aviation plant began in September 2016. Production is expected to start by 2020. “The first high-tech factory in the South Caucasus…
Azerbaijan’s construction and production company Akkord has been declared the winner of the tender for the implementation of two infrastructure projects in Georgia with a total value of $59.5 million, the company said in a statement. The customer of both projects is the Road Department of the Ministry of regional development and infrastructure of Georgia,…
Georgia’s three international airports served 839,612 passengers in the first three months of 2018, up by 36% YoY. The number of passengers who took regular or charter flights in Georgia increased in all three main airports of the country: Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, Batumi International Airport and Kutaisi David Aghmashenebeli International Airport. More specifically,…